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Gabriel Leyes
Uruguayan footballer (born 1990)
Hober Gabriel Leyes Viera (born 29 May 1990) is an Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hober Gabriel Leyes Viera | ||
| Date of birth | (1990-05-29) 29 May 1990 (age 33) | ||
| Place of birth | Paysandú, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Independencia | |||
| Litoral | |||
| Juventud Unida | |||
| 2006–2007 | Liverpool | ||
| 2007 | Juventud Unida | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007 | Juventud Unida | ||
| 2007–20?? | Juventud | ||
| 2011–2013 | River Plate | 45 | (13) |
| 2013–2017 | Peñarol | 18 | (2) |
| 2016 | → Juventud (loan) | 10 | (2) |
| 2016 | → Plaza Colonia (loan) | 11 | (5) |
| 2017 | → Liverpool (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Alianza Lima | 21 | (3) |
| 2018–2019 | River Plate | 20 | (1) |
| 2020 | Cerro Largo | 11 | (1) |
| 2021 | Academia Cantolao | 23 | (11) |
| 2022 | Carlos Stein | 28 | (7) |
| 2023 | Academia Cantolao | 15 | (4) |
| 2023 | Municipal | 14 | (5) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:16, 13 November 2021 (UTC) | |||
Leyes started playing football at the age of 4 in Paysandú. He played until he was 12, starting in Independencia and later Litoral. Leyes then quit football at the age of 12, because he wasn't playing, which he wasn't used to. So he decided to quit.[1]
He returned to play at the age of 14, joining Juventud Unida. In 2006, he went to Liverpool Montevideo, where he played for the clubs U16s and in the following year, he made the preseason with the clubs first team, but was released shortly after.[1]
After being released, Leyes again wanted to quit playing. However, he returned to Juventud Unida where he soon after, got his debut for the clubs senior team at the age of 17.[1]
In 2007, Leyes returned to Montevideo, joining Juventud who at the time, was playing in the First Division of Uruguayan football. The club later got into financial difficulties and Leyes decided to terminate his contract, as the club hadn't paid him his salary.[1]
Leyes then returned to Paysandú and was training by him self for six months, before he suddenly got a trial invitation from River Plate, where he played a friendly game for the club against Defensor Sporting and scored.[1] He then signed a four-year deal with the club.[2]
In 2023, Leyes signed for Peruvian club Academia Cantolao.[3]
Leyes' first name, Hober, was given to him by his parents in honor of Peñarol legend Juan Hohberg.
- Manya de pura cepa, elobservador.com.uy, 14 July 2013
- Manya de pura cepa, aurinegromundo.blogspot.com, 15 July 2013
- "Gabriel Leyes: de darle un título a Alianza Lima a fichar por humilde club de Perú" [Gabriel Leyes: from giving Alianza Lima a title to signing for a humble club in Peru]. Líbero (in Spanish). 3 January 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.